Philip Morris Currently Best Positioned For Potential Heat-Not-Burn Tax Changes In Japan

Big tobacco company Philip Morris, one of the giants operating in Japan’s heat-not-burn market, is currently in the best position in the Japanese HNB market if newly proposed changes to tobacco taxation are to take effect in the country, this in comparison to its competitors, which includes companies such as Japan Tobacco International and British …

Heat-Not-Burn Cigarette Sales Are Skyrocketing In Japan

In Japan, conventional cigarette sales are dropping, but there is a silver lining for some big tobacco companies, specifically those that have introduced smoke-free tobacco products into the country’s marketplace. While traditional cigarette sales continue to drop, sales of smoke-free alternatives like the heat-not-burn (HNB) products are rising rapidly and tobacco companies like Japan Tobacco …

Japan’s E-Cig Ban Creates Opportunity For HNB Products To Flourish

In the island nation of Japan, regulations that essentially equate to a government ban on electronic cigarettes that use nicotine-laced liquid known as e-liquid has created an opportunity for heat-not-burn (HNB) products that heat tobacco to the point of vaporization, avoiding higher temperatures at which combustion occurs. For reference, when smoking conventional cigarettes, combustion is …